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Current Organic Synthesis

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ISSN (Print): 1570-1794
ISSN (Online): 1875-6271

A Review of Cyanoacetyl Indoles (CAIs): Versatile Starting Materials in Organic Synthesis.

Author(s): Thavendran Govender, Glenn E.M. Maguire, Hendrik G. Kruger and Morteza Shiri

Volume 10, Issue 5, 2013

Page: [737 - 750] Pages: 14

DOI: 10.2174/1570179411310050005

Price: $65

Abstract

Cyanoacetylindoles (CAIs) are easily obtained from the reaction of indoles and cyanoacetic acid, and are used as versatile starting materials in the synthesis of different heterocycles. This review focuses on the application of CAIs to generate a large diversity of indolyl heterocycles such as pyrazoles, triazoles, pyridines, dihydropyridines, pyrimidines, ozathiols, thiophenes, oxazoles, quinolines and many other complex heterocycles.

Keywords: Cyanoacetyl indoles (CAIs), Friedel-Crafts, cyclisation, heterocycles, indoles, pyridines, quinolines.


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